to think that £20 for 8 hours babysitting isn't great?

[Hennypenny95]

My daughter is almost 18 and has agreed to babysit tonight for someone on our street from 5pm until 1am and she's received twenty quid for the 8 hours. Is this a reasonable rate? We're in the Midlands? She should have agreed a rate beforehand, I know, but she didn't as she's squirmy talking about money to people. What's a reasonable rate for her to ask for in future? She's on over £6 per hour in her part-time pub job, washing up and collecting dishes.

£2.50 an hour, no chance. Minimum wage for under 18s is nearly double that

I'd be embarrassed giving someone £20 for 8 hours babysitting. They're taking the piss.

I would have given £40 minimum and even that's cheap.

At least £5 an hour and maybe an enhanced rate after 11pm.

5 years ago round here in the south east 18 yo babysitters were charging £10 an hour and a cab home.

Yikes! I usually pay £110 for that amount of time!

So did she have to feed them and put them to bed ?

All for £20 ?…ffs

No OP you know very well that’s not a reasonable rate.

Although at 14, I used to babysit 3 kids overnight every Saturday. They were a nightmare! For £10! I thought that was a good rate at the time because previous to that I got £6 a week for my paper round 😂

That’s a piss take.

Absolutely not.

I'm in the South East and we pay £10 an hour for our babysitter, that seems to be about average.

@Hennypenny95 Can she eat all she wants in the kitchen?

She should at least be charging the same as her pub job.

She needs to be unavailable when they ask her to baby sit again.

I would have paid £50 for a teenager.

I have two kids in nursery school and went out 8-12 the other day.
Both kids were already in bed before the babysitter arrived, but she is a member of staff from nursery so I paid £50.

How many children and how old are they? Did she have to actively do anything or just be in the house?

I think £8 an hour is probably the lowest I've seen anyone charge

We pay our babysitter £10 an hour.

Your daughter has been done here.

Wow, that is taking the piss. I paid 7 euro an hour but rounded up iyswim. So 4 hours was 30 euro.

That was 5 years ago

@UpToMyElbowsInDiapers

Yikes! I usually pay £110 for that amount of time!

£110!? I'll babysit for you!

Do you get free food, sofa and a tv too?

Piss take

Surly that's just for her takeaway dinner order? What about the other £80 to babysit?

I pay £10 per hour, no less. That is a disgrace. Presumably she’s had to sort out a meal for the children and bedtimes if she’s been there from 5, not just be in the house while they’re asleep?
I would go round there tomorrow and tell them you’re disgusted and that she won’t be sitting for them again - unless you think she might lose other jobs as a result. If so, just advise her not to bother with them again.

£110 for a baby sitter this is why I don’t go out 😂

£2.50 an hour??? I got paid twice that an hour for baby sitting in 1979!

@Youdoyoutoday

We pay our babysitter £10 an hour.

Your daughter has been done here.

When our girls were baby-sitting if it went after midnight it was 50% more too,

If say at least £50 would be reasonable.

Up to £8/hour round here* for an older teen/adult babysitter with their own transport. £5 for a younger teen who needs picking up and running home. Mine are too old for a babysitter now, but I pay local teens between £3.50 and £5/hour to keep my DOG company when I’m out all day!

Minimum payment is 4 hours (so can end up costing quite a bit if you only need one for a couple of hours), but many charge a lower rate after the first 4 hours.

*East of England

[quote duvetdayforeveryone]@Hennypenny95 Can she eat all she wants in the kitchen?[/quote]
No, no food or snacks been left. I just took her dinner round.